During a visit to College Station, the U.S. health secretary said Europe has a worse track record with the virus, which gets too much media attention.
Terri Langford
Terri Langford is the Tribune's health services reporter based in Austin. Langford is a veteran journalist, having worked at the Florida Times Union, The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, WNYC, Honolulu Civil Beat and Texas Standard/KUT. Langford has a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. She has covered various city and state agencies, criminal justice and health and human services for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, The Associated Press, WNYC and Texas Standard at KUT.
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Texas measles outbreak
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Texas measles outbreak
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Health care
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Health care
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Texas measles outbreak
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Texas measles outbreak
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